5/11/2011 update

Aerification of the back nine Greywalls Greens went smooth on Tues. We hope to have the Heritage irrigation system up and operational by friday so we can aerify those greens next week.

Our process involves aerification with 1/4 inch mini tines on quad tine blocks followed by a deep vertical mowing using 2mm carbide tip blades to remove massive amounts of organic matter. That is followed by a mowing and topdressing resulting in a surface that looks almost untouched and still putts very well.

Darius Oliver visit

The talk and visit from Australian golf writter Darius Oliver was fantastic. I think he had a great time visiting our facility and it was a joy listening to him talk about his life passion......golf.

We will have 20 signed copies of his books for sale in the proshop. (10 Planet Golf and 10 Planet Golf USA) Stop by and see Marc if you would like a copy, they are a wonderful read, filled with great photos of the most interesting places he has played. (Hint Hint...They would make a perfect fathers day gift)

Small signs on Heritage posts

A few people have asked me what the LM1-LM9 signs represent on the Heritage course; I am glad people are starting to notice. Over the last few years as we have had more and more golf history and quality golf enthusiasts visit our facility. Most of them seem to have a spark of interest, when they hear we have 9 golf holes from 1926 designed by William Langford and his partner T. Moreau. After explaining the old hole numbers and where they mix into the current route over and over, I figured it would be easier and more formal to designate the originals with a sign. With that said, I made the signs this winter with the L=Langford and M=Moreau.

Aerification update

Aerification went very well today on the Front 9 of Greywalls. After punching holes and vertical mowing we had perfect conditions for our sand to dry and drag into the canopy. We will complete the back 9 and putting green tomorrow.

100% open

All 36 holes are now open for play. Get out enjoy the great outdoors and play a round of golf.
Reminders to everyone.....
Please respect your fellow golfers and your golf course by replacing your divots, fixing your ballmarks properly and raking your bunker tracks. Also please drive your carts with care following the directional posts/arrows and keep them out of the native/fescue areas.

Demo Day

It was Demo Day all around at MGC. While golfers did golf club demo's on the driving range we completed a daily demo on two new rough mowing models; a Lastec 3300 and 4520. I am thrilled with the results. The 4520 will take one person only 2.5 days to mow the rough using about 18 gallons on fuel. This will replace one person on the gang for two days using 20 gallons of fuel and one person on the ransome for four days using 28 gallons of fuel. This will not only save us fuel and reduce the amount of labor needed to mow the rough but it will also provide a better quality cut and drastically improve our reliability over our two older units.

The drainage repair on #4 Greywalls fairway was completed on Saturday, prep work on an opening day is still in progress. The cold weather has really slowed our spring efforts as turf growth and recovery is not going our way.

weather????

Well the weather has has not been kind, we have one tease day then back to wet and cold. The courses are very wet now. Carts may be unable to travel the grounds of the Heritage for the next few days, we will see what we can do for those who have a hard time walking around with their bags.

Work on Greywalls continues, we really need some warmer twmperatures to start our seasonal turf growth. We will be working on some darinage issues on number 4 tomorrow.